Lithuania discusses weapons program

Jul 18, 2008
In cooperation with the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

NEW YORK- The United Nations biennial meeting of states began July 16 in New York. The group met to discuss implementing the UN Program of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons Program.

Lithuania's Permanent Representative to the UN Dalius Čekuolis chaired the meeting. This meeting will continue until July 18.

During the meeting of states, four key topics will be discussed: international cooperation and assistance in solving problems related to small arms; management of stockpiles; illicit arms brokering and marking and identification. The meeting should also project future objectives for the UN small arms process.

Since 2004, Lithuania has allotted more than half a million Litas to various disarmament projects in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. Lithuania funds mine-clearing operations and chairs the Standing Committee on Mine Clearance of the Mine Ban Convention and the international conference of the Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.


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